The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 98
THE HARMLESS-LOOKING CATERPILLAR ASSUMESA FORMIDABLE ATTITUDE. slightest sign of them before the attack. At thesame time a drop of acrid fluid was dischargedfrom the mouth. Its rampant and drawn-backattitude thickened it to twice its normal size. Itseemed to swell out with fierceness, making a… … This shows a bee beaten down by n — exhausted. The honey-bee is proverbially industrious.When everything goes well with it, no form ofanimal life has more vigor, works more zealously,or defends its home more bravely. But the bee 294 SOME CURIOUS INSECTS AND THEIR HABITS soon loses its activity when…
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